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Download fileThe development of a flow-injection fluoroimmunoassay for sulfamethazine
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posted on 2018-02-20, 11:25 authored by Mark R. JoyceSulfonamide antibiotics have a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity and are
frequently incorporated in feeds as a practical method for the prevention or
treatment of a variety of so-called "confinement diseases" in animals, mainly
pigs. They are also used at sub-therapeutic levels as growth promoters.
Sulfamethazine has historically been the drug of choice for farmers because of
its low cost and proven efficacy. However, there are concerns because of the
possible presence of residues of the drug in meat. [Continues.]
Funding
EPSRC and Enviromed Diagnostics Ltd. (CASE studentship).
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